Fit-Gap Analysis & Configuration Flashcards
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Which ERP configuration object determines which G/L accounts are used for inventory postings when goods are received against a purchase order?
Answer: Valuation Class and Account Category Reference
The valuation class assigned to a material, combined with account category reference, drives automatic G/L account determination for inventory and GR/IR postings.
In a fit-gap workshop, the facilitator should ensure that requirements are captured at which level of detail?
Answer: At a process step and business rule level sufficient to evaluate standard functionality
Requirements must be detailed enough to evaluate whether the ERP can handle them but don't yet need full technical specs, which come after gap resolution decisions are made.
A company decides to re-engineer a business process to match ERP standard functionality rather than customize the system. This approach is known as:
Answer: Vanilla implementation
A vanilla implementation means adopting ERP best-practice processes with minimal or no customization, requiring the business to adapt its processes to the software.
Which of the following is a KEY risk of excessive customization identified during fit-gap analysis?
Answer: Higher upgrade costs and complexity when moving to new ERP versions
Custom code must be re-tested, re-validated, and often rewritten with each ERP upgrade, significantly increasing total cost of ownership over time.
A plant in ERP is BEST defined as:
Answer: An operating unit where goods are produced, stored, or services are rendered
A plant represents a physical or logical location—factory, warehouse, or service center—where operational activities occur and inventory is managed.
During configuration, a team sets up 'tolerance groups' in ERP. What do tolerance groups control?
Answer: Acceptable variances in payment differences and goods receipt/invoice receipt discrepancies
Tolerance groups define allowable upper and lower limits for payment differences and GR/IR discrepancies before the system requires manual intervention or blocks posting.
Which phase immediately follows the completion and sign-off of a fit-gap analysis in a typical ERP implementation lifecycle?
Answer: Blueprint / Solution Design
After the fit-gap results are approved, the team enters the blueprint or solution design phase to document exactly how each requirement will be configured or developed.